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"I have to walk out ofI have to walk out of here," I told hi over with the pain "I have to walk out of here My own feet"

He exchanged a tense look with Lia to brace it with," Lia around

"There’s no time for that," Harry said "They’ll have medics at the meet point"

"I have to walk out" I didn’t care how crazy it made me sound, they needed to understand Cole would understand--would have understood Cole was past-tense now I squeezed ain, Harry reached over to a radio clipped onto his left shoulder "This is Stewart We have her Proceeding to exit ETA three minutes"

There was a flurry of static responses

"Okay, darlin’, I’ to his feet "Put your arht, just like that" True to their word, once they had

I don’t remember the hallway as it passed us, only how it felt each tiid air on ht, the first touch of rain I s heavy with it

Up ahead, there was a river of green and blue ate The kids walked quickly, waved on by figures in black, their white bands stark against their sleeves I was proud of how calm they were, the way they listened to the instructions they were given, even half-terrified or in shock Thurmond, at least, had trained thelow of a fire at the far end of the ca

"They’re secured," Harry said, giving the hand I’d hooked around his neck a gentle squeeze "Put up one hell of a fight"

"Hurt?"

"Everyone’s okay," he proure in black turned around expectantly and ran toward us Sheat her side, boots spraying h the puddles and thick, black h the curtain of rain, but I knew Vida

She would have crashed into us if Harry hadn’t put out a strong hand to catch her

"Careful!" Lia rip Vida filled in the spot he’d vacated, wrapping both arms around me